City commission to meet in special session

An Alamogordo Police Department evidence building tops the list of Infrastructure Capital Improvement Projects the city will seek from the Legislature.

The Alamogordo City Commission is meeting in special session Tuesday at 7 p.m. inside Fire Station No. 5, 1492 S. Florida Avenue, to discuss public comments made about the projects and possibly adopt an ICIP plan for the next four fiscal years.

The city will most likely seek $100,000 for the evidence building as its top priority, city records show.

The department's current evidence storage facility has run out of room.

About $400,000 for a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive airport business park is next on the list. That will involve building an extension on MLK in between Airport Road and Collins Avenue at the proposed Airport Business Park, records show.

The city will also seek about $577,000 to construct a flood control project on McKinley Channel and a city debris field at the base of the Sacramento Mountains. Having already been awarded about $1.6 million for the flood control project in years past, the city is also set to request another $2.2 million in fiscal year 2016.

An Americans with Disabilities Act compliance project worth about $300,000 is next on the list followed by about $330,000 for new breathing apparatus and other equipment for the Alamogordo Fire Department.

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Last year, Bonito Lake topped the city's ICIP projects after it was heavily damaged by runoff from a nearby burn scar.

In addition to Bonito Lake projects, the city sought funding on a proposed desalination plant, the waste water treatment plant, reclaimed water distribution and ADA compliance projects, city documents show.